On 18 March 2013 12:14, Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj(a)alk.edu.pl> wrote:
...
As long as it is not really a strategy creation
exercise, but rather an
imagination stimulation and concept brainstorming, I think it is a great
idea. But we should not mistake trying to look way too far beyond what we
can see as great vision. It is guesswork.
I'm happy to continue calling this part of strategy creation, while
you call it speculation or guesswork.
However I believe it is perfectly clear that if the movement has no
100 year plan, even in concept, and cannot set some top level goals to
show our commitment to a century long view, then a public call to
create a billion dollar endowment will quickly be shot down as banking
money for the sake of job security.
An easy-peasy goal is to ensure all project knowledge content is
actively archived in a way that the commitment to preservation is
meaningfully demonstrated. Pointing to a reasonably future-proofed but
cost effective 100-year (multi-location) archive is one obvious way of
explaining what an endowment is for.
PS I have heard the archive question answered recently by a
representative of the WMF on a radio interview as "Oh, it's all over
the internet, if we disappear it could always be re-created" (or words
to that effect) - I thought this a particularly naff answer for an
organization with many millions in the bank to spend on operational
risks.
Thanks,
Fae
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